Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-09-11
FIREMEN'S DEPARTMENT.
Palestine.


Some time has elapsed since l have
taken the quill to write fire news, but not
seeing any in THE GAZETTE for some
time, thought tAat I would drop line or
so. I read fire news in the Fireman's
Herald from Sherman, Tex, by Scott: Il
suppose Scott J0nes-sree ladies' NAM
from Greenville, by "Baz1o;" also arti-
Cles from Victoria, Bryan, Mckinney,
etc. In the Western Fireman, Fort
Worth, Marshall, Taylor, Georgetown,
Victoria, etc, Quil-drivers have put
in their work; Dut, If my mem
DRY serves me right, with two
exceptions no tire news has been
published in the GAZETTE from the above
named places. The Fort Worth GAZETTE
wss made the Official organ Of the
"TeXas S5ate Firemer's Association" 81
Temple, Tex, May -, 1887, its columns
/ free TO all tiremen throughout the state,
to sppear IN Sundays edition, CLUB wss
raised here, but they are disappointed in
not seeing more ire news.
| o. Paris, are you dead? And FL Paso,
has that gentleman found his voice?
Jake Levy Of Sherman, who wears g red.
b or white cap suited to the occasion?
! Have heard that they have hne coup
| ling team in Greenville; would ike to
| hear through The GAZETTE their best time
| in making or breaking g coupling, also in
breaking coupling and put on pipe; we
nave some good COuplers il our depart
ment.
Have looked long aud hard to see if
any hose racing had been done IN FORT
/ Worth, have seen nothing. We sre try
/ ing TO yet up race In Palestine, hose
csrts drawn by hand. We will put up
| So or more, said race 10 take place in
/ Palestine, Tex suti eCt 10 the following
rules: Each compsny - have SIX men,
/ the cart to stand at hydrant hay
/ ing on go feet Of fifty feet lengths,
rubber hose; st the WORD 20 thew are to
run off hose, couple 10 lydrdnt, attach
pipe, brake add make tde four couplings.
/ turn on water; time to he called the min
ute the WSter Is at end of nozzle LET'S
/ hesr from some hose company.
No fires for two months or runs either:
| plenty OF cal meetings.
! The City Council has bought go feet Of
the Boston Fire JsCket nose; expect this
! hose viii be used on Burkitt hose cart
| No. ,, l. s. screw, six threads to the inch
! This cart, by the way, Was bought on G8g
! 9 OF the Houston fire department,
has been in repair shop since that time
Chief Burkitt received g telegram this
/ week, Monday, that It was still in the
paInt shop, oul would be shipped on Sat
urday, September 10. When this letter
/ appears in print the writer Is III hopes to
have ride OF that hose cart. He is not
dead, that gentleman in Houston.
Chief Burkltt expects to attend the
! fifteenth annusI convention of the Na-
! tional Association of Fire Engineers at
Atlant&, G2., which conyenes September
/ 20, 1857, he having received an invitation
/ from Henry 4. HILLS, secretary, sud We
know that he will hsve 6 good time and
/ be greatly benefited by it.
/ We Sre anXiousiy waiting the minutes
Of the cOnV1 n1i0D so that we can present
| to the City Council sud refer the minutes
/ 10 them that article in reference to sp-
pointing 8 Fire Warden. l expect that
/ they have not been printed yet.
Le"5 herr from Denton, Dallas, Paris,
Westherford, etc. Any fire matters
will do.
( Our horse took 8 practice run on hfs
own account q few days sgO, break
the dump cart and cutting his legs bEGlF.
Wednesday, al $50 2 m. we had g ruu
/ TO old town. Three CID build
ings were burnt 10 the ground
/ No insurance could have done better
work, hut DID not have hose enough 10
fight the fire properly, parties refusing
the tiremen s few buckets Il water to wet
adjoining buildings.
have unreeled my yarn, shall shut of
and attend to my Gauy housekeeping
affairs. L.